This War Must Be Won! PRESIDENT WILSON HAS PLEDGED YOU TO HELP BRING IT TO A VICTORIOUS CONCLUSION! OUR ALLIES ARE BOUND BY THE SAME OBLIGATION! WE OWE IT TO THE SACRi.D MEMORY OF THE MILLIONS WHO HAVE DIED ON THE BATTLE FIELDS OF FRANCE! THE RIGHTS OF OPPRESSED HUMAN ITY DLMAND IT! THE HAPPINESS OF FUTURJi GENERA TIONS Dr~PENDS UPON IT. PRUSSIANISM MUST PERISH THAT FREEDOM MAY LIVE! VICTORY IS CHEAP AT ANY COST! DEFEAT IS DEAR AT ANY PRICE! Liberty Bonds Will Accomplish It . INVEST NOW! S., 0. .. ISSUED DY THE UNITED STATES OOVERNMENT n"Nm You n SYNovs anUa Lr A oi UNCLE AIT WILL SWAP Y OU A FIVE DOLLAR Tr TO HELP FINANCE YOUR OOUNmrTo R OP - a5 CENTS WILL START YOUR THRIFT CARD-.ND ANT BANE OR STORE 4LL EXPLAI FULL PARTICULARS AND %ELL XOU THE STAMPS. :: :: :: :: This AI dvertis'nment Paid t.r and ,Donated hy A. 0. l.anhi'y. LIBERTY BONDS WIL WIN THE WAR .-. Mobilizing a Nation's Fighting Strength Great military cities have sprung up all over the land; and linking these training c...

I K I I I SU rin and this state, are fighting the Huns. They are in near and dear to us. They are doing t L the trenches in France, they are sailing the U-boat. They are giving their ALL. They are p Iit4 A ;1 '__ WilllYou Hel tP Bring Back Our boys, the boys from thisetown and this county And, remember, these are our boys; those who are and this state, are fighting the Huns. They are in i near and dear to us. They are doing their ALL. the trenches in France, they are sailing the U-boat. They are giving their ALL. They are prepared to infested seas, they are going "over the top" in the . make the extreme sacrifice that our homes, our town, face of German cannon and machine gun fire. our nation, may escape the ravages of the Hun. lMany, many moreof our boys are now training and We want them-one and all--to come back dewill soon be in France, and more are yet to be called. to us I.. We .... o ibbuWill You Help to Bring Wil. y lto po th it hhs. C paretotrhroBs o Weill yortou b w Back or...

aut auqua AUQUA FARMERS Attention! COME IN AND ATTEND OUR GRAND CHAUTAUQUA, THE COMING WEEK, WHICH YOU WILL FIND TO BE VERY INSTRUCTIVE AND ENTERTAINING. MAKE OUR STORE YOUR HEADQUAR TERS WHILE IN TOWN, WHERE YOU WILL FIND MOST ANY THING YOU NEED IN THE GENERAL MERCHANDISE LINE, AT PRICES THAT WILL SATISFY YOU. Fisk & Labry, nc. Farms In Hill Sections Suffer Large Losses in Fertility From Erosion. THE BROAD GRADED TERRACE WILL DO MUCH TO RELIEVE THIS CONDITION Without Terraces it is Practically Impossible to Maintain the Fertility of Hill Lands. The greate.t problem before any country or pIople engaged is farmir. is that of the maintenance of soil fertility, for lasting prosperity must deper on the producing power of the land. In the cotton growing section of Louisiana, large parts of the cultivate land have been allowed to decline in fertility until they have reached tl: state where they are classed as "worn-out" lands. The two principal cause of this condition are: (1) The unw...

f, ý r-," i , ýl "t" n- - You are asked to spend wisely --to buy . tain ,our health and efciency. Iblis is intelligent thrift. 7he Governmcnt ..- asks it of you as a war measure : : BEonds Are Not " A Burden B Thrift requires the ex ercise of restraint and self-denial --qualities without which you cannot achieve t:he success in life which it is your ambition to achieve and for the lack of which you are likely to suffer in later years. The money you acquire by thrift you are asked to loan - not give-- to your country. It will come back to you when you may need it far more than you do now, and you will be paid interest for its use. This war is a frightful thing, but it may prove of inestima" ble benefit to you, if it teaches you the good habit of thrift. HelpYour Country and Yourself by Investing in Liberty Bonds THIS SPACE PAID FOR AND CONTRIBUTED BY SE1ia3s Broutssurc1 Chautauqua Week is coming---seven days of rea! enjoyment anI :e reation. There are twenty-six big events---all your...

Winchester, Tennessee, March 29, 1918. To the Abbeville Progress: We wish to use a little space in your valuable paper to make a few statements to our Customers. Our Mr. John O. H:ahes. who represented us last year will again represent us in that secti( n and will call on you and supply you with any orders you may see hit to give him, and will furnish you the same Ih ih ci-s trees a. before. We understand that some party has. been "oi:n; t!rcu :h that sectisn claiming that he is repse.-ctiun the CO"M.:IRCI eL NUIR5ERY CO., but our only Representative in that srcti-ni is AM.. John O. HIIuSes, of Abboville. We have other imene in other ports of the State. We wish to t',ank all cur cusrt mers for favors shown us in tl'e part and will try to merit same. Yours very truly, COMMERCIAL NURSERY Co., IIARIRY NICHOLSON, Manager. "Bird Man" at Chautauqua Charles Crawford Gorst Knows Three Hundred Bird Songs Charles Crawford Gorst, the Boston naturalist and "bird man" who i coming to Chautauqua...

--0 :Kt <Moll Lend Him a Hand Your hand-mp hand Every hand in the land stretched out to help him to VICTORY! That is the way that America is going to win this war. It is the only way she can win it. We are fighting a United German people. Until every American is backing the boys in the trenches, until every hand in the land is stretched out to help, we cannot expect our army to defeat the rman-armiies Germany and 'her allies. - .This is a war of national resources, and every one must add his share to America's fighting strength if we are to make our superior resources count. Every hand in the land must be stretched out to help our boys if we would send them over the top to early and certain victory. Save for the Third Liberty Loan. Invest in the Third Liberty Loan. That is the way to lend a Land. That is the way to make a nation invincible for freedom and justice. Every bond bought now is a direct fighting aid to this boy in the trenches in France. Lend Him a Hand This Space Pai...

tario your ealth and efciency. I - : is intelligent thrift. 7YIe Governin, .t - asks it of you as a war measuirc : : . Bonds Are No A Blessing SThrift requires the ex -qualities without which you cannot -chieve :he success in life which it is your ambition to achie' e and or the lack of which you are likely to suffer in later years. The money you acquire by thrift yor are asked to loan-not give-to your country. It will come back to you when you may need it far more than you do now, and you will be paid internt for its use. This war is a frightful thing, but it may prove of inestima. ble benefit to you, if it teaches you the good habit of thrift. Help Your Country and Yoursdelf by Inve ting in Liberty Bonds THIS SPACE PAID FOR AND CONTRIBUTED BY P. U. Brouts ard John i. Bowmns, the New York hotel leader who is also chief of the MIotel and Restuarant Division of the 1Tnited States Fdod Administration, won the Louisiana caterers just as he did those inl the E'ast andl elsowhere. 'lThe ...

.---- ~--- --- - - .-- F- ' -- "" L r , ..., I 4V,-1 i, ,: 3 : ; ~1 N ~ ·· r 93 ring· Back 4', ~f 6 j. Our boys, the boys from this town and this county and this state, are fighting the Huns. They are in the trenches in France, they are sailing the U-boat infested seas, they are going "over the top" in the face of German cannon and machine gun fire. Many, many more of our boys are now training and will soon be in France, and more are yet to be called. Will You Heto Bring, Them ck? Will you help to provide them with the things they need, with clothes and food and munitions, that they may complete as quickly as possible the terrible task assigned to them? Will you support our boys while they are figiing for us, fighting the German autocracy that seeks to destroy.our ide4ls of liberty and justice ? We will do it by buying bonds of t Liberty Loan; by buying all these bonds we can; by making sacrifices as are necessary to do this. That will be port for Our Boys. P a id F o r tr iu te d B...

I' i "11 - ' ,I " .. ,, . . An Interest in th e Future They are your hold on the future, h-inds bol is of their government. and America is fighting to make their They will ie for t}-. m inspiring evi future safe. They are too little to dence that heir fat -ers planned sac realize this now-but some day must rificcd ane invested for their sons' learn to reverence the traditions of futur e. L b_)erty L, )nds will mean America, the ideals of America, the more to t' em tha. money. They great cause for which the men of will mamke ".'em proud of the fathers . -who in A. erica's day of great need their father's day gave their li, es. proved th.mselves true American Be ready then to put in their patriots. invest in Liberty Bonds for Your Little Ones An InterWsth in th ourure realize this now-but som dy mu rid nc ite for their sons America, the ideals of America, the more to f xem t ,.." money. They proved thumselves true American Be ready then to put in their patriots. YOU FROM THSACE PASHRI...